Improved tanners  table



we es es i intimi l gisten @anni @time FRANKLIN o.y sEX'ToN; or'sHELeYviL-LE, INDIANA. I l 4Letters Patent No. 87,437, dated March 2,1869. f

IMI-Rovera TANNERS' TABLE.'

The Schedule referred-to rixzifthease Letters Patentand making part ofthe neme.

To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, FRANKLIN C. Sexton, ofShelbyville, in the county of Shelby, and State of Indiana, haveinvented a n'cw and useful Improvement in lanners Table; and I do herebydeclare that the' followingr is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thesame, referencebeing had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part ofthis specification.,

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in apparatus usedby tanners in dressingr and coloring hides in the process of makingleather-,and consists in a sub-table, whose vupper surface is composedof slats placed edgewise, and running either longitudinelly ortransversely on a water-tight bed-piece or plank, so that channels willbe left for conducting ofi' the water or other liquid, in` saturatingand blacking the hide. A

In the accompanying plate of drawings- Figure l represents a top or planview.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of iig. l, through the line :v as. y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s.

A is the sub-table.

A is the bed or plank which forms the bottom of the sub-table.

B represents the slats.

The slats B are securely fastened to the bed A', and

placed edgewise thereon, leaving channels or spaces, between, asrepresented by 1.0.

The ed Af is suirounded by a band o1' projecting.-

tion, so that the liquid will dow-tothe dschzu'ge-aperj ture E, `throughthe channels O.

It will tev noticed that the slats B are somewhat lshorter than theentire length or breadth of the bed,

used will frequently accumulate on the table, and stain and injure it.

To prevent this, is the object of my invention. 1 therefore raise thehide from the smooth surface of the table on to the sub-table, as abovedescribed, so that the liquid will readily pass oli'.

The sub-table Amay be made in separate pieces or sections, as indicatedvin the drawing, if desired,and be used either on the ordinary tannerstable, or separate from it, as may be 'deemed best.

I do not confine myself to the particular. method shown and described offorming the sub-table. The slats may be placed otherwise; pins orprojecting knobs may be used, orthe 'sub-table may have a perforatedtop, or he grooved, or otherwise constructed, so that the hidewill beraised, for the purposes before mentioned. 4

Having thus described my invention,

I claim Vas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 'lhesub-tableA, or its equivalent, constructed substantially as described, or so thatthe hide will be raised and the liquid be allowed to pass therefrom, forthe purposes set forth. Y 4 FRANKLIN O. SEXTON.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. OONNER, Enocn FoUTz.

